#899CD3#899CD3

#899CD3 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.084 H 269.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#899CD3
RGB	rgb(137, 156, 211)
HSL	hsl(225, 46%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(225, 35%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.1%, 26.1%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.80, 6.51, -30.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.80, 30.94, 282.15°)
OKLab	oklab(69.88% -0.0008 -0.0839)
OKLCH	oklch(69.88% 0.084 269.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.9594, 33.7971, 66.3496)
Luminance	0.3380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#899CD3 #D3C089

analogous

#89C1D3 #899CD3 #9B89D3

triadic

#899CD3 #D3899C #9CD389

tetradic

#899CD3 #D389C1 #D3C089 #89D39B

square

#899CD3 #D389C1 #D3C089 #89D39B

split-complementary

#899CD3 #D39B89 #C1D389

monochromatic

#3D58A4 #5C77C2 #899CD3 #B6C1E4 #E2E7F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#899CD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#899CD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #899CD3

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##899CD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##899CD3	1.00	2.71	7.76	7.76
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AA1D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#849AD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#73A7AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #899cd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 156, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.084 269.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adb9e0',
    500: '#899cd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #899cd3;
$custom-light: #adb9e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#899cd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.595,
    "s": 45.679,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69879,
    "c": 0.08395,
    "h": 269.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#899CD3

secondary

#E7E1D1

accent

#952DB9

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F6FB

border

#CED0D4

text

#101115

muted

#7F8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #899CD3

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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